Cattle treating apparatus



Feb. 28, 1950 J. P. TURNER CATTLE TREATING APPARATUS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed Sept. 30, 1944 0v VEAI'TOR,

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ATTOR/VAY Patented Feb. 28, 1950 UNI-TED orncaIcnirirnximnnn'rmetArrhenius i 7' l I James Paul eistiietion September30, 944, seamstress-10 r j This inventlorr relates to? apparatus for thetreatment of cattle and for subjecting them to 'a spray-"for destroyinginsects i orrepelling: insects, flies; onthevlike, and the device isinthe'nature of aishower whereby fluidfmay be dispersed under 5 and over.the cattle in order; that theywil-lrbe thoroughlycoated with the fluidand, of? course, thefluid may be impregnatedgwithtany of'gthe-well knowninsecticides, so that theinventor does not wish to belimited-with-"respect"to'the fluid or its contents, An objectnfthisinventionjs' -tuprovideia;110118- ing in which an over-head shower issuspended onsupporteda suitable distance above the animal occupying thehousing; and it is furthermore an object to provide a shower in alocation beneath the animal occupying the housing, it being understoodthat the shower may have jets discharging downwardly and laterally, andthe lower shower has jets that discharge upwardly and diagonally, sothat a wide range of coverage will be effected.

It is furthermore an object to provide a pan in which the fluid iscollected and discharged into a pool or reservoir, from which it isdrawn for further circulation through the shower.

It is an object of the invention furthermore to provide a pan having adrain opening and a drain guard secured so that it will not be displacedby the animal in enterin or leaving the housing; and it is furthermoreth purpose of the inventor to provide guards for the edges of a fluidcollecting pan so that the animal will not be abraded or injured bycontacting the edges of the pan.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference 40 will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming-part of this application, wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- Ei'gure 1 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of aiihousingwith elements of the shower installed. taken on the line I-l of Fig. 3;

Figure 2 illustrates a. horizontal sectional view of the device on theline 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view of the devicefon the line 33 ofFig. 1 and Fi ure 4 illustrates a sectional view on the line l-efoi'Fig. 2. h I

In these drawings 5 denotesxa housingwhich bezot any appropriate type;the said housing :I beingiin'stalledionla bases G ofi plastic?composition or: therlike: in: connection: with which a" reservoir ortrqu he lv isv formed for: collecting" and holding thevfliiidor-solutiomwhich is drawn from iii-and circulated through- 2 the-shower;Under certain conditions thebaset may-:beomitted and the pamjandgthefhousing. 5?:may; rest; directly on 1 the ground with the elbowand--vpipe located under the pan.

Within. theahousing, a collecting pan 8 isin stalled; and it: has? adrain aperture 9- whichis covered a; perforated. plate: iii-. whichplate: is held in placesbyybol-ts: it extending-through-aper turesr in;the-ppany and? plate; and'l it is shown that the bolts extend through aflange l2 of a drain pipe l3 which extends into the trough or reservoirIf so that the fluid which has drained from the animal being treatedwill find its way to the reservoir and will then be re-circulatedthrough the shower by appropriate means. In the illustration, aconventional type of motor and pump is shown collectively at H, but theinventor, does not wish to be limited with respect to themanner ofcirculating the fluid, as it can be accomplished by a hand pump wherethe installation is to be an inexpensive assembly of the type.

The pump is shown as having a circulating pipe l5 leading-to the uppershower l6 and a circulating pipe l] connected to the lower shower IS.The circulating pipes are connected to the pump through aT 30.

Theupper shower comprises longitudinally and transversely disposed pipesl9 and 20, respectively, "witha branch pipe 2| connected to them. Thepipe?"i from, the pump is appropriately connecte: .the branch pipe 2|and the upper showerv ils' heldiri place or supported by brackets, such22, anchored tothe wall of the housing and by the bran ohpipe 2| whichextends through the housingjon the side of the shower opposite thebrackets; v

The.. pipesof the upper shower have holes or ducts lai which areinclined downwardly at an angle" nd they have other ducts of similarchar;

' hicl iig discharge vertically, so that the spray occaisioned bysthedischarge of the fluid T cts approximates the shape illustrated.

lines in Fig. 3, wherefrom it can be t the animal occupying the housing.A horoughly covered by the fluid. A shower I8.is shown in plan in Fig.

3 24a is formed in the branch pipe externally of; the housing as a meansfor facilitating the assembly of parts of the fluid circulating system;

The lower shower is supported on lugs 25 that" charging vertically andangularly, the improvemjent comprising a pan stably supported by the.foundation and provided with a drain above the opening in thefoundation, pipes located within are either connected to the pipes orthe pain; 5 said pan adjacent the base thereof having ports it beingdesirable that the pipes should be sup-; ported above the floor of thepan to permit the fluid to readily escape.

The edgesof the ends-12 6 of the pan have uards for dischargingvertically and angularly, a reservoir, a pipe connected with said drainand in communication with the reservoir, a circulating pipe. connectedto the pipeswithin th e,.enclosure,

pp 1' h ey areSh as 0001i; 10 af, second fcirculating pipe jconnectedfiwith the prisingtubular guards having a 'slot 28 which receives theend of the pan so that the guard,

will be held thereon, as shown in the enlarged detail view, Fig. 4.:Figure 4 furthermore shows to better eilect the positioning of thedischarge is F 'theipump mea'ns.

pipes in said pan, pump means drawing'from the said reservoir, and aconnection between said first and second named circulating pipes andJAMES PAUL TURNER.

orifices which correspondto thosewhich are"in'- dicated as at 23,heretofore; mentioned. I;

The location of the housing 5 with relation the edge of the pan may besuch that-these elements are in contact-to insure that the water 20which may contact the'inner' surfac'es'bf the housirig drains into thepan, oranysuitabl packing 3| may be inserted at the joint -between theside bf the pan and the housing to effect a similar result. The housingis provided with end 'doors 25 17 93320 2'9 'that are appropriatelymounted to be opened and closed although, under some circumstances, thedoors may be omitted.

I claim:

In a cattle spraying apparatus having a founda- $0 tion provided with anopening therein, an en:

closure supported by the foundation, pipes within the enclosuresupported adjacent the top thereof and having vertical an'd'diagonalports for disf f REFERENCES CITED 4 {The -following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent: 1

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